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Re: An honest letter to everyone about LeBron James
« Reply #135 on: June 26, 2014, 11:49:40 AM »

Offline fairweatherfan

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during the time when the NBA's athleticism and skill is at an all time high.

Athleticism?  Yes.  Skill?  No way.

My thoughts exactly. Today's NBA seems to be about guys who can run like gazelles and jump like jackrabbits but aren't great outside shooters, ballhandlers, or post players grounded in the fundamentals.

I'm curious as to your window of "today's NBA."

Yeah, this post could've been pulled out of a time capsule from 1976.

Well, I was born in '76, so for me, growing up in the '80s, the NBA was mostly a big man's league. A few of the big names were highly athletic guard/wing types (Jordan and Magic, for example), but most of the famous players were big guys who spent most of their time in the paint (Ewing, McHale, Parish, Kareem, Olajuwon, Robinson, Karl Malone, Barkley), many of them with highly polished post games.

I just mean that guys like Dr J, David Thompson, Gervin, Frazier, etc got the same knocks - all athleticism and flash, not fundamentally sound.  Since the first couple decades of the league there's always been a crop of super-athletic wings and guards criticized for being all sizzle and no steak.